How do you use social media?
Do you use it to checkup with old friends?. Or maybe you use it to connect with people who share common interests with you. Some people say social media is not good for teens. On the other hand, some people say that social media is ok for teens. Recent studies claim that social media is not to blame and that there are might be other factors involved in teen depression and anxiety. Social media is not as bad as we are making it out to be and is not the only cause of anxiety.
Social media is not as bad as you might think
and here is why. Social media has often more than not been to blame for teen depression with the numerous articles talking about cyberbullying and other reasons that teens are depressed with social media. But Viner studies adolescent health at university college in London in England. Nicholls studies adolescent mental health at imperial college London took 13,000 British ages 13-14-year-olds and asked them questions such as if they missed class, completed their work if they were bullied but they also asked questions about how much sleep they got and how much exercise they got this show the teens mental wellbeing it has been proven that lack of sleep and exercise are known to decrease happiness and increased anxiety. This is evidence that social media is not the only cause of depression and anxiety.
Social media can really help keep relationships together longer.
If you and a friend from high school go to different colleges you might not get a chance to talk to them until the next summer or maybe even never, but by using social media you can feel more connected just by leaving a comment on their post about whatever they are doing and if you see they are in the same place as you via social media it is easier to meet up and reconnect face to face. Another study by a nonprofit child advocacy took a survey that reported that more than half of teenagers age thirteen to seventeen said social media impacted their relationships positively. This is a prime example of the media making a bigger deal than it should be about a subject. The majority of teens are getting a positive impact from social media but we want to take away their happiness because of the minority. I have said it and I will say it once again social media is not to blame for teen depression and anxiety.
A good portion of parents don’t want their kids to have social media. They say that it well makes their kids depressed and makes them feel not good enough and we’ll make it easier to get cyberbullied. This argument is valid, however. Every big point in the arguments on this subject is social in social media. Just by interacting with other people you can get your feelings hurt by putting cyber in front of bullying makes it seem more scary put being upset because someone is cooler, better looking, and goes on vacation more than you is not new. You can go to a family reunion and get comments to face to face like wow it looks like you have not grown and other stuff that would make you a cyberbully if you said it online. This is the problem with how we are giving titles online. Mabey social media is not bad but the people who take more offense than needed are the real problem.
In conclusion, social media is not as bad as people make it out to be. Additionally, we need to start focusing on the more good than bad Mr.Beast planted 20 million trees and there was not as much media coverage as juice world faking his death as a society we should be more positive
